Thursday 18th November 2021
	A Laughing Gull flew over Tweseldown Hill near Fleet, Hampshire mid morning, and a Red-throated Pipit was at Mizen Head, County Cork. Lingering rarities still present today included the American Coot in County Wexford, White-tailed Lapwing in Yorkshire, Semipalmated Plover and Pacific Diver in County Cork, Spotted Sandpiper in Scilly, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter and King Eider in Moray, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-breasted Goose, Richardson's Cackling Goose and Lesser Scaup in Argyll, two Red-breasted Geese in Essex, Northern Harrier in County Offaly and single Dusky Warblers in Cornwall and Scilly. Scarcity highlights included a Bluethroat, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, a Little Bunting, two Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, three Lapland Buntings, 15 Shorelarks, a Pectoral Sandpiper, a Grey Phalarope, seven Little Auks, two Green-winged Teal, four Surf Scoters, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, a Todd's Canada Goose, two Black Brants, 15 Glossy Ibises, a Ring-billed Gull, a Glaucous Gull and five Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA